Author and gardener Lewis Hill presents a book that any first-time fruit grower should have, titled “Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden“. This book contains the fundamentals of how to grow different kinds of fruits, berries and nuts in your backyard. It covers different topics that can guide you on having and maintaiantioxidant-fruits.comng your dream orchard.
The 280-page book about fruit touches on soil management, how to go about planning your garden on a small scale basis and even on how to revive an old orchard. It also teaches you how to manage different climate changes that can affect your trees like frost.
For $12.89, this fruit book gives you useful information on pollination, how to control insect infestation, plant diseases, animals and other hazards. It also dedicates a chapter on pruning.
Hill further introduces fruits like grapes, kiwi, quince, apricot, peaches, pears, nectarine and apples and how to grow them. He also focused on different berries like currant, blueberry, gooseberry, jostaberry, elderberry and more. Aside from those, he included a chapter on nuts.
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